ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2861, 13 January 1909, Page 59

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

HIM —In regard to your question as to _ •what training is required to enable a rider to j participate in motor cai laces on such places as Brooklauds and the Dieppe circuit, it may be pointed cut that the Brooklands tmck has been specially made for motor car racing, while the Dieppe cuciut is rrerelv a stietch cf -ordinary load maiked ou( for "the race The training leqmred would be a thoiough knowledge vl the mechanism of a car and no norve* You could only drive in such a contest a-i the , Prix de Pans by being selected a<= a dnver hv the firm entering a cdi On the Brooklsi'.d* tiack you wrmH, however, be able to citcr a cur m the clas? piovided for it, paying an ei.tiai.co fee. On either the ' Bio^k'ands cr Dieppe tracks the driver of a car in a ia-e has to get up such a. high speed to try to get to the front as to j Mitually carry- his life in hi 3 hands all the j t.me In the la^i Prix de Paris Cissac, j one of the best known European car , drjver«, was bulled from his machine and kil'ecl on the spot Of course, if a driver is for'.urate enough to get his machine fiisfc pa-t the post, in a big race he is a made man, and has then plenty of applications ior his eervioßS as a rnotoi car race dm cr, . car salesman, etc. j Igxoimnt— The Motosaccche c"'-gine is giving excellent results on our local roads. The ordinary bicycle frame would not bs suffi- i cien^ly strong to stand the fctrain of a 11 h p ci gn.e ai well as tho weight of the iklt. The engine should take you up «• giudp rl 1 m 8 It is easily controlled, and ihe weight of the complete machine \ is ltv.v enough. t%> euabie a rider to lend \

material instance to the engine on hillf by pedilhi.g